Guard for eyeglasses.



110. $87,905. PATENTED MAY 19 M208. L. F ADT.

GUARD POE EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1907.

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GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed May 10, 1907. Serial N 0. 372,845.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO F. ADT, of Albany,

' in the county of Albany and State of New clear, and exact descriptionof t erence being had to the accompanying draw- York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Eyeglasses; and Idohereby declare the followin to be a full,

is same, reflugs, forming a part of the specification, and

to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

. This invention relates to nose guards for eyeglasses and particularlyto bearing pads for the guards, an Object being to clamp the nose insuch a manner that, While the glasses will be firmly held againstforward tiltmg, no

soreness of the nose will be caused by cutting or bruising. I

. To this and other ends the invention consists 'in' certainimprovements and. combinaj tions of parts all. as will be hereinaftermore described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims'atthe end of the specification.

Inthe drawings: Figures 1 and 1 show respectively a perspective. view ofa nose guard embodying my invention, and a transversesection through thebearing. pad thereof. Figs, 2 and 2 are like views of anotherembodiment. Fi s3 and 3 are like views of still another em odiment. Fig,4 is'a perspective view of a'guard having two ads embodyi the form of myinvention illustrated in igs. 3 and3. Fig. 5 is a erspective view of afurther embodiment o my invention.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts.

As these guards extend in rear of the lenses when mounted, itis imortant not only that 40 f ing on the nose, but also prevent forwardtilting, which'is usually resisted only bythe they serve to prevent t eglasses from movgrip which the anchoring or u per bearing portionsexert, and with the o ect in view of preventingthis forward tilting andat the same time preventing the edge of themetal, or other material,from cutting into the nose, Iprovide the guards with a relatively small'anchorin' pro ection and a land or bearing art in out thereof, "thatis, toward the ense's. g With more particular reference to the drawingsand to the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and l, 3 A indicatesa'nose guardof -.55* ;pad 1 cut away orforme with spaced elonany suitable'forin havian upper bearing forme the bearing provide an edge 3.

edge is preferably substantially parallel to edge.

with a substantially vertical edge 3, a bearing surface or land 4 beingpositioned forward of the edge 3 as the-guards arein position in rear ofthe lenses. The edge 3 serves tp enter the flesh of the nose, but hasits inward movement limited by the land 4 inthe front of the edge andalso by the bearing face in rear of the ed c. It will be noted that theedge is by two faces at an angle to each other, one face 5'beingpreferably substantially per endicular to the face on the face in rearof the edge of the pad and the other face being substantially parallelthereto.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 2 and 2 is provide with an elongatedslot 2 and the rear and curved wall of the slot is pressed outwardlybeyond the face 4" of the pad to The face in rear of the the bearin faceof the pad while the face 5 is prefer'a ly thereto. In' the embodimentshown in Figs. 3 and 3 the pad l of a suitable nose guard C is providedwith a vertical slit 2*, and the wall in rear of the slit is pressedoutwardly in the same manner as in igs. 2 and 2 to provide substantiallythesame kind of gripping edge.

The nose guard D shown in Fig. 4 has an upper bearing pad 1 and a lowerbearing pad 1, both of which are provided with slots 2 and bent in themanner shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to form gripping edges.

In Fig. 5 the nose guard has only its upper bearing pad provided with myimproved flesh-engaging projection, the edge in this embodiment beingformed by the front face 3 of a cylindrical stud provided in anysuitable manner on the bearing face of a pad, the face of the stud inthis instance being parallel to the bearing face 4 of the pad and thebearing face serving as the land in front of the ment the stud isentirely surrounded by the bearing face of the pad. This projection maybe formed of sheet metal. by ressing out the metal in rear of the forwaredge of the guard.

The terms substantiall perpendicular to the bearing face of the pa I;areintended to cover either a p'erpendicular wall or a wallet a'slightangle to the perpendicular, provided pad 1" of a suitable nose guard Bsubstantially: perpendicular It will be noted that in this emboditheWall will accomplish the results of this invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A nose guardhaving a bearing pad pro videcl with an outwardly)rojecting holding portion, having a rigid e go 'on the bearing facethereof, and a bearing face in front of the edge. I a

2. A nose guard having a bearing pad provided on its bearing faee'inrear of the for Ward portion of the latter With a rigid edge formed bytwo Walls, one of Which is substantially perpendicular to thebearing'face and the other of Which is substantially parallel to saidface.

3. A nose guard formed of sheet metal having a projecting portion formedwith a gripping edge and drawn above the surface bearing thereof, and inrear of the forward edge of the guard.

' 4. A nose guard pad having a metallic pr0-- jection formed with agripping edge and entirely surrounded by the bearing face of the pad,the gripping edge being located in a plane to one side of the plane ofthe bearing face.

LEO F. Witnesses: MICHAEL F. OCONNOR, LUcr B. OLEXTON.

